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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco IOS Software Release 15.2(2)T. The last day to order the affected product(s) is June 21, 2012. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table 1 of the EoL bulletin. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product(s). Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement. For customers with active and paid service and support contracts, support will be available until the termination date of the contract, even if this date exceeds the Last Date of Support shown in Table 1.

The date the document that announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life of a product is distributed to the general public.

December 21, 2011

End-of-Sale Date

The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date.

June 21, 2012

Last Ship Date: OS SW

The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.

June 21, 2012

End of SW Maintenance Releases Date: OS SW

The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or bug fixes for Release 15.2(2)T. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software. The only exception is Vulnerability/Security issues that will be addressed as shown in the End of Vulnerability/Security Support milestone below.

December 21, 2012

End of Vulnerability/Security Support: OS SW

The last date that Cisco Engineering may release bug fixes for Vulnerability or Security issues for Release 15.2(2)T. After this date, bug fixes for Vulnerability or Security issues found in Release 15.2(2)T may be provided through later supported software releases.

Note that there will be no rebuild releases of 15.2(2)T provided after this End of Vulnerability/Security Support milestone date.

June 21, 2013

End of Vulnerability/Security Support through migration: OS SW

The last date that Cisco Engineering may release bug fixes for Vulnerability or Security issues found on Release 15.2(2)T through later supported software releases including, but not limited to, 15.2(4)M.

June 21, 2015

Last Date of Support:

The last date to receive service and support for the product. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.

The listed Cisco IOS Software Release version is a representation of releases derived from Release 15.2(2)T. All releases and rebuilds are included in this end-of-sale and end-of-life announcement.

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

Product Migration Options

Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco IOS Software Release 15.2(4)M which is expected to be available in mid calendar year 2012. While IOS 15.1(4)M is also a viable migration option, its end-of-sale is planned for 2012; therefore it is highly recommended to migrate to 15.2(4)M when available.

Any authorized translation issued by Cisco Systems or affiliates of this end-of-life Product Bulletin is intended to help customers understand the content described in the English version. This translation is the result of a commercially reasonable effort; however, if there are discrepancies between the English version and the translated document, please refer to the English version, which is considered authoritative.